This year, my preparation for Graduation was On Point. I went to the market one day in Spring and found the most wonderful black & white striped knit with a wealth of blue flowers on top and bottom and some sparse ones along the middle. I didn’t dare to buy it then, but at four o’clock the same day, I came back. Sadly, it wasn’t in the market truck anymore either, but I agreed to pick up a length the next week.
So after I’d gotten the fabric and washed it, I needed to make the pantsuit. I’d decided to use my normal pants pattern with the straight edges and the top from pattern 19-20 in Simplicity Naaimode 32, also known as Simplicity 8178. Then came the difficulty of placement. I’d decided that I did not want to have half flowers along the crotch seam, for obvious reasons. So I sat on the floor for quite a long time to figure out how to get everything out of a short length of fabric. At the end, I think it worked out well.
So, I sewed the thing together forever ago (April apparently). Then about a month before the actual event, got down to hemming the legs. There’s a small snap at the crossover point at the bust. That’s the only real closure. It’s got giant pockets, made out of a black stretch mesh stuff. The pockets do show the things that I stuff in there, but I’m ok with that.
For now, I’ll just continue to keep wearing it and feeling awesome with it!